Content Specification - SS.11.9.b.1:
Students will trace the acceleration of the nuclear arms race from the detonation of an atomic bomb by the Soviet Union in 1949 through 1969, including the effect of Sputnik and the Space Race.

Content Specification - SS.11.9.b.2:
Students will examine Soviet motives for placing missiles in Cuba and the impact of the Cuban missile crisis on Soviet‐American relations leading to the adoption of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Content Specification - SS.11.9.b.3:
Students will examine the policy of détente and its effect on the nuclear arms race.